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+# Password authentication in Go
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+Read the blog post [here](https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/2018/02/25/golang-password-authentication-and-storage/).
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+This repository is an implementation of simple password based authentication and storage in Go.
+Passwords are stored in a Postgres DB instance.
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+To run the application:
+- Create a postgres DB and a `users` table using the [users.sql](/sohamkamani/go-password-auth-example/blob/master/users.sql).
+- Start the application with the commands: `go build` and `./go-password-auth-example`
+- Test the application with the requests in the [test.http](/sohamkamani/go-password-auth-example/blob/master/test.http) file
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